Springing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Springing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of spring.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of spring.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) The action of the verb to spring.
- (uncountable) A set of springs in a vehicle, etc.
- (countable, architecture, archaic) The spring of an arch: the lowest part of an arch on both sides.
- That springs or spring.
- (law, US, characterizing the power of attorney) That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance.
Example Sentences
In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out.
The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings. After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.
Bolsterless trailer bogies have been used, incorporating in the construction laminated springs mounted on the axle boxes, and steel helical springs with auxiliary rubbers, thus maintaining the high standard of springing of the swing bolster bogies.
Word Forms
- springings
Synonyms for springing
Depending on context, synonyms include moving, leaping.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include moving, leaping, emerging, meads, bounding, hopping.
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